by Danielle | Jan 17, 2019 | Call for Public Comment, Member News, Recent News, Uncategorized
The USLCA submitted the following comment regarding the updated HP2030 objectives: The decision to eliminate all but one of the breastfeeding objectives from HP2020 is a surprising departure and raises concern for public health. Lactating parents and their infants...
by Danielle | Aug 1, 2018 | Member News, Recent News, Uncategorized
What does National Breastfeeding Month look like for you? Celebrating breastfeeding/chestfeeding parents? Advocating for family-friendly feeding policies? Normalizing breastfeeding/chestfeeding? Educating about the power of human milk? Tell us what you are doing for...
by Danielle | Jul 10, 2018 | Press Release, Recent News, Uncategorized
Every two years the World Health Assembly (WHA) of the World Health Organization (WHO) entertains discussion regarding the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes (“the Code”) to reaffirm support for the document, strengthen its tenets, and fill gaps...
by Danielle | Jul 8, 2018 | Recent News, Uncategorized
****This is an ongoing situation and the post below will be updated as needed. Please comment or email us with additional resources to be added**** Many of you have read the New York Times article regarding the United States’ opposition to the breastfeeding...
by Danielle | Jun 26, 2018 | Clinical Pearl
Looking for a non-invasive, formula-free, and effective approach to treating transient neonatal hypoglycemia? Use of 40% oral glucose gel has been shown to reduce NICU admission, appropriately treat transient neonatal hypoglycemia, be well tolerated, been shown as...
